Marijuana Goes Mainstream?

As of this afternoon, a new coalition will officially be pushing
for marijuana legalization across the country; it will consist of
Students for a Sensible Drug Policy and FDL Action, along with sundry
allies (of both liberal and conservative alignments) who have
previously spoken out in favor of legalization.

But
Hamsher is the new entrant, and she's launching a $500,000 (according
to her estimate) coordinated campaign to support marijuana legalization
on the whole and to influence a handful of propositions on ballots this
November--California's Prop. 19, which would allow counties to legalize
and tax marijuana within certain guidelines plus medical marijuana
initiatives in Colorado, Arizona, and South Dakota.

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